Rarity: Oh, I wish I could stay and offer more help. [gasps] Why not try a new outfit? Think of it as the costume for your role as... Shop Pony! Ha ha! You know what they say – "clothes make the pony".

Fluttershy: Um, who says that?

Rarity: You know, "them". All right. I'm sure you and your furry friends will do just fine. Ta-ta!

[door opens, closes]

Fluttershy: [sighs] I hope she's right.

[door opens, closes]

Fluttershy: Whew. Here goes nothing.

[raccoons chittering]

Fluttershy: Welcome to Rarity For You. What can I help you with?

Bracer Britches: What's the thread count of this shirt? I can't be seen in anything less than a thousand.

Fluttershy: [hipster voice] Okay, I've got, like, this high-key savage look for you? It's a totally live ensemble with a little, like, thingies that sparkle and make the whole squad go, "Whoa! That pony is 'woke'!"

Valley Trend: That is, like, exactly what I need!

[raccoons chitter]

"Snow Hope": This store is a desperate wasteland of nothingness. Do you have anything in black?

Fluttershy: [hipster voice] Can you, like, chill for one sec? BRB.

[zip!]

Fluttershy: [goth voice] It's not like the futility of shopping can be made better with black leather and metal studs, but they help.

Fluttershy: [snooty voice] This tea must always be at a precise temperature! See that it doesn't happen again!

[raccoon chitter sadly]

Fluttershy: [hipster voice] Whoa, that color is, like, almost too lit for you? [goth voice] The blackness of this vest is a reflection of your soul. [snooty voice] This hemline is nothing short of an inspiration of craftsponyship. Are you sure you deserve it?

[music]

[hoof pounding]

[raccoons chittering]

[slow motion sounds]

[splash]

Fluttershy: [gasps]

Mare E. Lynn: [screaming]

Fluttershy: [snooty voice] I don't know what's worse – that you spilled the tea or that it's still cold! Either get it right or go back to the forest!

[racoons chittering angrily]

[dishes clatter]

Fluttershy: Oh, it is so hard to find good help these days.

[raccoons chittering]

Spike: Okay! Okay! Slow down, everyone! I'm doing my best!

[raccoons chittering]

Spike: So, Rarity is busy at an important fashion show, and Fluttershy is running her shop in Manehattan, but to do it, she's playing different shop pony characters that are all mean?

[raccoons chittering happily]

Twilight Sparkle: How in the world did you figure that out, Spike?

Spike: I'm not Dragon Charades champion for nothin'!

Twilight Sparkle: I can't imagine Fluttershy would ever be mean to her animal friends. This sounds serious. Spike, tell everyone it's time to head back to Saddle Row!

[raccoons chittering]

Fluttershy: [snooty voice] I wouldn't think it was possible to make something so dowdy even more matronly, but here you are. [goth voice] It's like a scream in the void, empty and ultimately meaningless. [hipster voice] I would srsly help you right now, but, like, I don't wanna, you know?

[raccoons chittering]

Twilight Sparkle: You weren't kidding. This is worse than we thought! She's being horrible to everypony!

Rainbow Dash: Well, let's find out! Hey, Fluttershy? Are you running the shop or performing in a one-pony show?

Fluttershy: [snooty voice] If you don't mind, I can only improve the taste of one customer at a time. You'll have to wait your turn. Ugh, honestly! These small town ponies come to the big city and think they can behave any way they please!

Rainbow Dash: What?! You are a small-town pony! And your cottage isn't even in the town!

Applejack: Look, Fluttershy, we came here because we were worried and we care about you.

Fluttershy: [goth voice, to Neigh Sayer] Let's get out of this aura of positivity before it consumes us.

Pinkie Pie: As fun as this Fluttershy switcheroo game is, Smoky, Smoky Jr., and Softpad are really concerned.

Fluttershy: I got so caught up trying to please all of your customers that—

Rainbow Dash: What customers?

Fluttershy: I might have taken my salespony characters a little too far.

[pumping]

Fluttershy: [to raccoons] I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. You know I was only pretending, right?

[raccoons chittering]

Twilight Sparkle: But, Fluttershy, why did you think you needed to be somepony else to run the shop?

Fluttershy: I guess acting like the ponies of Saddle Row gave me the confidence to interact with them.

Rarity: Darling, I'd never trust some horrible Saddle Row pony to run my shop. That's why I wanted a friend to do it.

Fluttershy: Well, I'd definitely rather be myself anyway, even if I don't exactly have what it takes to be a shop pony.

Twilight Sparkle: I wouldn't sell yourself short. Those salespony characters all came from you!

Rainbow Dash: Yeah! I think you totally have what it takes.

Pinkie Pie: Maybe a little too much.

Rarity: Indeed. You have all the inner strength you need, but I think we prefer it coming from our sweet, regular Fluttershy.

Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle: [laughing]

Rarity: And that's just given me the inspiration I'm looking for!

Rarity: And last one... There! The missing piece for my new collection – the Warrior of Inner Strength!

[mane cast and ponies cheering and applauding]

[raccoons chittering]

Pony: Oh, gorgeous!

Fluttershy: Oh, it's lovely, Rarity! I'm just sorry you had to leave the Canterlot Royal Fashion Show early.

Rarity: Oh, darling, making the perfect dress is scads more satisfying than showing it off.

[customers chattering]

Blueberry Curls: Ooh, striking dress, Rarity. I certainly hope you aren't trying to undercut the Royal Fashion Show by ducking out and debuting it here.

Rarity: What? No, I—

Fluttershy: [snooty voice] Have you considered the possibility that the Royal Fashion Show is trying to undercut Rarity's by continuing on in Canterlot and not moving the whole affair here?! Hmm?! Have you?! Hmmm?!